Mind your shower thoughts

Can I ask you a favour? Please complete this sentence for me: «I like reading the Weekly Filet, because...» Just hit reply and send me whatever comes to mind.This is David, your decidedly human web crawler, and you're reading the Weekly Filet, the newsletter for curious minds who love it when something makes them go «Huh, I never thought of it this way!» It's great to have you.Btw, if you speak German and have kids, this little side project of mine might be interesting to you: kelana.games1. The Top Idea in Your Mind«It's hard to do a really good job on anything you don't think about in the shower.» That's the core thesis of this short essay that really struck a chord with me. The argument goes like this:You can't crack hard problems by only ever working hard on them and giving them your full attention. Some of the best ideas and unexpected breakthroughs occur when you're not actively working on the problem, but your thoughts happen to drift freely towards it. Like, for example, in…